THE Dons have the chance to set up a final showdown with rivals Dundee United when they face St Johnstone in today's semi final - and Robson is gunning for that elusive medal.

BARRY Robson is desperate to complete a cup double for Dons – and hand over his Scottish Cup winner’s medal to his mum to complete his collection.

The veteran has won a league title with Celtic and lifted the League Cup with the Hoops then this season at Aberdeen.

But that Scottish Cup silver has eluded him throughout his career.

That’s why the 35-year-old will lead from the front today as Dons face St Johnstone for a place in next month’s final.

Robson said: “A Scottish Cup winner’s medal is the only one missing from my collection. I’ve lost in a final and in a few semi-finals.

“It’s the only one that has eluded me and I hope we can put in a good performance at Ibrox to give me a chance to put that right.

“It would be a great thing to have in my career but you can’t get too greedy. We know we will face two massively hard games to achieve that.”

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Barry Robson celebrates the League Cup triumph with his family

Robson,
snapped-up by boss Derek McInnes when he was released by Sheffield United in June, is ready to pen a new one-year deal at Pittodrie.

He
insisted today’s William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final will be tough despite the Dons hammering the Perth side 4-0 in the semi-final of the League Cup in February.

He said: “It’s going to be another hard game but it would be great to end my first season at Aberdeen with two winners medals.

“Of course, it’s never easy to win trophies and it’s been a decent season up until now with lifting the League Cup and being second in the table.

“A Scottish Cup final would be a great end but it will take a good performance to get us into that and we won’t underestimate Saints.

“Everything is in place to make this a really memorable season for Aberdeen but there’s a lot of hard work to be done yet.

“We can’t really judge how good things have been until the very end when we can sit back and see what we have really achieved.”

Around
18,000 members of the Red Army are expected at Ibrox today as expectations grow for a cup double and a place in the Europa League qualifiers, courtesy of a second or third finish in the Premiership.

The success, says Robson, is down to McInnes who he first met at Dundee United 10 years ago.

The midfielder said: “I had a lot of respect for him even then. He’s gone on to be a terrific manager and I have been impressed by his professionalism at Pittodrie.

“He’s
helped me a lot. He’s spoken to me about a few things, taken me off in games I wanted to stay on in and rested me in games I didn’t think I should be rested in.

“Each time he’s been proved right and that’s because he’s been there as a player at my age. He knows what it takes to keep me fresh.”

It’s McInnes’ attention to detail, Robson stressed, that has made the young manager a success.

He
said: “We’ll train, work through set pieces then do video analysis on St Johnstone even though we have played them a lot this season.

“Nothing
is left to chance. When I see how well Derek has done it has whetted my
appetite for coaching as I already have my badges and am in the process
of doing more.

“It’s something I would like to go into and I’m sure the manager would help me
with that as he’s very open minded on that sort of thing.

“But I need to concentrate on playing at the moment as I would find it hard to mix the two.

“You are a long time retired from the playing side of the game and you have a long time to focus on management.”

So does he take his medals out every so often to relive his glory days?

Robson laughs: “My mum looks after them. I’m not the sort who has photos of myself up in my house other than my wedding photo.”

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